re: Movie Board Recommendations: Books (UPDATE: Post Stormlight Book 1)

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I really want a space opera.

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some of this may have been mentioned, as i didn't read the whole thread. but some of the stuff i've been reading in science fiction:

have you checked out James SA Corey's The Exapanse Trilogy? nothing particularly deep but I found it to be a pretty entertaining series of books in the space opera tradition. the first, Leviathan Wakes, is equal parts film noir, horror, and science fiction, which i thought was a pretty unique blend. the second and third move more toward straight space based science fiction but are still good reads.

also, i'm a fan of John Scalzi's old man's war series .

Scalzi was influenced heavily by The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, which is also a really good read.